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Re:Likely cause of mystery child hepatitis outbreak found by trention on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:06PM (#32230218)
Is there an authoritarian government in the history of humanity that managed to kill 50% of its population? What's the average?

Yes, there are situations in which "higher order thinking" doesn't matter.

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Re:Likely cause of mystery child hepatitis outbreak found by adamiscool8 on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:25PM (#32230440)
>Is there an authoritarian government in the history of humanity that managed to kill 50% of its population?

That's the sort of higher-order question you'll be able to find out right after the magical Ebola wave, if you embrace authoritarianism.

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Re:Likely cause of mystery child hepatitis outbreak found by trention on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:34PM (#32230538)
Got it, "higher-order thinking" is the new reincarnation of "doing your own research". Not that surprising, actually.
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Re:Likely cause of mystery child hepatitis outbreak found by adamiscool8 on Monday July 25, 2022 @06:37PM (#32231867)
In that both are exemplary qualities, only talked down by people who — by laziness or ulterior motive — would rather see them outsourced?
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Re:Likely cause of mystery child hepatitis outbreak found by trention on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @02:18AM (#32234955)
No, in that both are usually repeated by clueless charlatans.
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